The Meeker herald., 1887-06-25
TIE oeelsisa II vsl1.
Following In the opinion in full OF the
Supreme Court In the Haley tax cass:

Supreme Court In the Haley tax casS:
Docket No. Dia
Lewis ". Br-~zr,
County Treasurer of Appeal from the
Appellant. District Court OF Clear
om Haley. Creek County.
Appellee.
srALLGur. Commissioner
This Is an action brought by Ora Haley
asainst br-rs- as TREASURER of houit county.
To -njoin him from tho collection Of certain
,aAe. aAs-s-~si asuinsi ih1 property Of Haley.
liy his complaint Haley s.imits that he failed
,o make oat and r-inrn iist Of his property
fos iaxaiion for the year irsa. and slies~s that
tho Ass-.sos OF the couniy eail-si on bis fosv-
man In esarsr of his property for . iiss and ~
turn souse time In Nay, bst refused Ia walt
until The iorvaasn could make the zane; but
ima~siatsiy msAr out aud returned . iist of
hs prup~y. ttsstag asd eharEtag hi. With ~
sss,s - insA. osn,ss1 - 70 ssAnas1aa a oa0.
vhiis ~ hsd sas ~ ars~s af las,d and n the
valuation os eisp. viii :. so h~~d of c-tsi1 as.
s--srsi at Saiuasioa II etk5aD. vhiic hc hsd
bat dnp h-sd of cattle Ia s~h county and II
,hs vainaitoa Of eisn.0D. and With las hcs.i of
hoss~s assrs>e-i ~ = valuation Of oA.s<i while
be hsd but lei hssd II bod of hosues and Of
The value of sLsn Thsi tho Assessor -
uroasfuiiy ii.sr~i ani ass~.s-d th- property of
the piainiin for TAXATION. knowing tho sam-
vas vruaS and foe the purpss- - oppr-ssins
plaintiff. sn.i fur the same purI-.s- bad know
insiy AMI ~iifsiiiy osnitissi 'o iist and asss--
tho other psvs-rty In tho coun'y fos tho pur-
i,osr u making the tas-s ~ plaintiff greater
than his Iuss shsr- Thereof. aad did thereby
inrrr..- The .noini of hi. tas~si and 'hsi one
"a.
misaios~r.. as veil .. the Defendant Treasurer.
~rii kn-~ II the sam-. that no hisak ii.i for
listing his ali psos-rty hsi ever b--n left
With him or his agent; that the As~sssns never
iook and sai,srsit-.i the oaih IL hi. rvpost Of
s.s-s'iasn,s: that The c"aniy sIosk a-s-s s~N-
any noti.- of the meeting sf the bard Of
Equalization In the year ts-s. that tho ssLi
iL-ri h-ia no such sn~-sins thai year: that s-
nl-i with .~ii Hard an sppiis.iioa To correct
the ..ii ii.t made ard nie.i by the Ass--.>oe
s.in .. h- kp-- Of Il; AMI that ,h. s~ld iL~ra
4 C.,iniy Commissioners iii s.s take any
action ut-ia the s.m-. '-inasssucA as th-r-
~rrv oaiy t-o Commissioners a,saiin~.i and
acting =. .,srh Ia The s.id coansy af n".,ti. and
they vusr diviis-i and coatiau~-i to L. ~
rpi~.i' ami that .asi sppise.,son uas nrrvs
eSss"t ut.St tos bbsto :" b~lu8t18sh"s Nost
tho snos,as II isses b- /. charged With foe ss-
y-sf -, ut,no Ais saIi psct-sty is eA-sssss. bii
"a scvvunt os charging him viii sso<~ psus-
rssy than h~ Aad In .aid ru,niy. and on So
count os osnissias To il.s asa a.--.s ass~s pup
-ssy In .s,d c.uaty suhj~rs to iassihss D. ds-s
ma ksou vAAi The amount a< biz Juss tas-s
.rv. that ~ Ass sivsys t~-a shSc ssd wiiiins
In nv sh~ Jsss sn,saas: that The Tsv~s.
aass- ~
csuie and has~~s ~ esahs Tho asi
Azss, sbaa ~ v~ssAss - sssssssss
and s~sy Safssonb,c tn sssAss lag o. handling
asrh sssrk and u grst damage tn th~a; that
lh-s~ uus ps-us market fue th~m: as-i sshs fee
an isjuarshsn. csr. \ srsnt-ss~r, injuSstso'
was o~seepsi. . mossoa io diss',,se inJup~fsoa
vas n,s.sc dustng th~ bearing r~arsary i..
t~:. .a amendment to ,hs complaint ~s. ni~-i.
alleging that n. assessment r,li os sas ssh~-i
uic os iiss ur-Ya ~bich so fn-isd . taa f"s t.A,
uss ever made &C existed: that the only o'i-
rsrs made .as th~n In s.~s~sstpo of John ".
iis~~sr: that All nr~~sr vas County Attorney
of Houtt s,,uus,: that tho As>~~s-r msss~ and
r-'urr--i no as list os schedule whatever fn<
is~.. letting the plaintiffs psup-sy f~ is-t.
lhf"sv the ailas Ss ,Ais asns s:,s.s~nt defendant
answered. deny ing all the fasirrtsi allegations
Il the cosnplsint. cscvps that th~sr ss No ~
sI-po.r tn the Language In the complaint. ''in.
asmU-h as tA~s- vrrr only tvo Commissioners
auaiins~i ari srsins ss such In the ssid c.sinty
of NSsist." ~ At the hearing oa the motion tn
d,sssisr tho Tsv~surrr showed that p.ssrr hasi
t~rn given of the mcrsinss of tho iL~r,i of
C~inty Commissioners as = Hoar,i of E.,,iaiisa-
tiou In July. ts~S: that satd Rard IN meet
and hn,d Its meeting as tb~ri 81 Epuaiisa.
tioa on the nrss Nooiay In July of iA.t. and
~ss In session ss provided by the statutes aud
dH hold Hs srcood m-rtins commencing on
the thiri Monday In July. that mo change os
tho assessment of the prprrrty OF pisIutin as
rrturn--i hy the A..c.sor uss made At tho nrs'
meeting. and no cotnplaips II the .smc ~.
msdc at the nrss n-ctips. and M complaint ~
the .smc -as made At the ssyund meeting. On
July nh the following frum plaintiff ~ss nls-i;
"LAssNls CRY. Wyoming. June =. tssl
To the H.nur~tl- ltar,i 81 County Cosninis-
.iut,ers uf Wo,itt County. C"lnrsdol
DEAH stHs-A. Z have not Ii.tr-i my Itoytt
county property for tsssiion for the ycsr isAt.
cunsidcr u quite ncccseary for me Ia make
an explanation and statr,ncut- ] have pS
been Ia my Lay crvsk ranch sincc the last II
April: neither have . h-Hr,i anything from the
A..c..s'r regarding ". and thcrv ha. t--n n"
ono af my ranch cvsnprtrut to list my prvtS
erty. my foreman trinR q now man thcrc.
Thcrr have hrcu no blank. .cnt me herr. and
h:,. IT," =, unable M e nnd any ., ,hi. p.:c ~
all ssn do at this lasc stasc V
tn make this stst. mcn'. which truss ~iii take
prrV~tcnc~ over any cirr,ilntci reports frum
any prrjndLccd person. regarding my Rouit
cDunty pruprrty:
In addition to my property of 1~s7 have
three additional one-fourth SECTIONS Of t~ls.rrs.
Improvement. on -ainc. eiiO zach ......e 10
I have n ycsriinH c,,lts. 81 zach ........ s.i
! have Lon head more cattle. at 81 ..... &s.nh
Additional improvements on public lands 10
Total -. ........... ................ .et.r.,
Trusting this. in addition tn my assessment
OF i.s9. may lie satisfactory. I remain. most
respectfully. ORA nALsv.''
The lie, of tho previous year referred tn was
not by pisintiI. Int by the Assessor. wherein
II aprs~r. that J.iD head of hor-cs and cattle
only ~crc i,sts-i at = valuation of e&s,OD. Tho
next from pIsIntih was Of date Ocsotrr 4, iss%.
and was received and nicd October q, i--4. and
is o. follows;
R<wtiSs. Wyoming. October 4 1874.
To the Honorable bcwri 81 County Commits
.ioncrs of Routt County. Colorado;
DEAR stHr-bclow please md sworn state
mcnt of my Kvitt co,inty psrttrrty as should
have been listssi for taxation ou May !, 1884.
which trust Will receive yosir lust considcr~-
tion. have land pr,p,fs for et0 acres only.
which c,'-t about ~ pcr acrc; Improvements
on earnc not tn excccd effn: imprUt cmcnts
school and other public lands $50: ] wa. the
owner of III hursS.s only In the cssiniy. not
worth more than esH pr hessi. and threc
myIira: I did not have to gIcst-I R..lO hrad nf